air force. so there is plenty to talk about today and i want to thank all of my colleagues for being here. with the announcement earlier this year of a document that i think most of us find very persuasive, secretary mattis's national defense strategy, which laid out a new strategic approach to addressing military challenges. this committee has a new lens to which to ensure the lines of effort in this nds are focus and supported by the congress. i certainly support secretary mattis's efforts in this document, the national defense strategy and appreciate that the topics we discuss here are framed in how they support the nds, especially in how we address potential peer and near peer conflicts with china and russia. with congress passing its first on time authorization for the first time in over 20 years in an appropriations bill for the military for the first time since 2008. it sends a timely message to both our adversaries and allies that a bipartisan group of senators and members of the house a

do and the air force declined significantly in size, the air force went to war in the first gulf when i was on the national security council staff in 1990-91 and never came home. never came home. basically 27 straight years of combat operations that they have been engaged in. at that time in 1991 the united states air force had 134 fighter squadrons, 134. today we have 55. the pace of operations is one of the things driving difficulty and retention in the air force because we are burning out our people. we took the first piece of this study. there was a lot more we will go through over the next 5 to 6 months to get the final study but the interim report to congress we promise them in the august september timeframe and that study looks at the national defense strategy, how would we best do it? a lot of wargaming and simulation looking at the current operating plans and what would the general mix of forces be? that was the first piece of it. we decided to share that not only with the congress but more publicly last week. it is not intended to influence the fiscal year 20 budget, this is

. >>> air force secretary heather wilson spoke at the national press club last month about the air force modernization efforts and the need for cost-effective measures. this is an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the national press club. the place where news happens. i'm donna leinwand leger. the president of the national press club. we're delighted to have you listening or viewing or in the room with us today as we hear from air force secretary heather wilson on the newly proposed space force and the issues facing the u.s. air force today. if you're on twitter, we do encourage you to tweet during the program. please use the #npclive and feel free to tweet your questions. we'll ask as many questions as time allows. for our c-span and our public radio audiences, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public. so any applause you may hear or any reaction is not necessarily from working journalists. and i will be introducing our head table, skipping over our speaker. please hold your applause until all the people on the head table have been introdu

and if so, why hasn't the air force requested these funds for upgrade kits for air national guard and reserve c-130h fleets? and is there a possibility for the air force to prioritize modernization efforts for the c-130h fleet given its current age and material condition state? >> chairman, sir, thank you for those questions. yes, the air force is prioritizing the upgrade of this fleet, but the average c-130 age is 26 years old. and when we looked across our fleets we've got tankers that are pushing 50, we have bombers over that age. as we do priority across our budget, we have to look at all of the fleets we operate and the capability associated with that. for the congressional ads we thank you for that giving us the opportunity to look at and study improvements and efficiencies we can bring into the legacy fleet. we have an ongoing operational utility operation that should report out in march of this year to give us the information we need to make those decisions. when it comes to submitting it in a budget as a budget request, our process working through osd and in through the omb e

air forces in europe and commander of u.s. air force africa allied air command. general john "jay" raymond. timothy ray, lieutenant general marshall webb. the rules for engagement are as follows. each speaking are make a presentation. then we will take questions from the audience if there is time. believe it or not we are going to be 2 ist century here. you can text your questions in to a number that should be up on the streen at some point. with that let me give the floor to general wolters. >> thank you secretary peters. on behalf of all of us, certainly for this panel we want to thank you for your service as your equity, undersecretary and for all you have done for this nation. it is great to be back in your company. albeit it is in washington, d.c. i much prefer bog 4700 miles away had the central portion of europe. first of all i want to pass a shout out to all of our wing commanders and command chiefs that represent those wing. as all of know where the rubber meets the road is where these commanders and command chiefs exist. it is a pleasure to have them wi

i'm a deputy air pollution control officer for the air management district. two weeks ago we expressed concern about the mixed-use project localized air quality impact. today i'm here to thank city staff for working with the air district to address our concerns. as stated in our october 10 letter, with minor adjustments we believe the e.i.r. reduce the localized impact as much as feasible. the air district supports mixed use to reduce vehicle trips and emissions. the air district is also concerned about localized air pollutant exposure and identified bayview-hunters point under our health protection program because this area experiences disproportionate negative health impacts, increased vulnerability and exposure to air pollution. new sources of air pollution in a community like this is always a concern. the air district's role when reviewing land use development projects such as this is an advisory third-party expert and we applaud the work to protect venerable communities through the risk reduction plan under health code article 38, the construction dust c

and the lieutenant general commander of the air force sustainment center department of air force and the admiral, director warfare office department of navy. thank you for being here today. we appreciate your time and viewpoints. recently there have been alarming rises in noncombat accidents, from 2013-2017, a manned fighter, bomber and helicopter accident froze nearly 40%. resulting in the loss of 103 service members and aviation mishaps. of the incidents, 20% of fatalities occurred with three accidents involving legacy inter-theater aircraft, c-130 h hercules, k c-130 p and p2 eight greyhound aircraft operated by the puerto rican national guard, u.s. marine corps reserve and navy active- duty respectively. considering these three mishaps involved legacy aircraft, it is my fervent belief that the services must do everything possible to ensure the safety of flight. to this and among the things they must consider is the recapitalization and modernization of the oldest and most honorable legacy aircraft. a review of air force inter- theater airlift portfolio shows services on track to

i'm a deputy air pollution control officer for the air management district. two weeks ago we expressed concern about the mixed-use project localized air quality impact. today i'm here to thank city staff for working with the air district to address our concerns. as stated in our october 10 letter, with minor adjustments we believe the e.i.r. reduce the localized impact as much as feasible. the air district supports mixed use to reduce vehicle trips and

at the time a combined 11 months in the united states air force. it's not just the fact it was a short duration. it was actually how they codified and articulated what they did and the responsibilities they had in the missile alert facility. what they did, they showed the boss a powerpoint and said this is why we're here, sir. we're here to ensure the quality of life of our folks supporting this mission. we're here to boost the morale of these individuals, these war fighters defending our nation. two e3s with a grand total of 11 months in the united states air force as a member of the armed forces. that is the kind of talents we have across our services. you know, it was interesting, madam secretary was here yesterday and she talked about recruiting. and the path going forward and what we had to do. i would offer up this, if i can pull it off, i would go talk to the chief and go, sir, would you mind calling general miller and see if she can get a fleet of c-17s parked on andrews? every one of us in this auditorium could jump on it in time to run wi

air canada claimed there was a significant air traffic control threat at sfo. east bay congressman mark desaunier who serves on the house transportation committee is concerned about the shortage of air traffic controllers. staffing is at a 30 year low. >> it takes a tragedy to say we've got to fix. this. >> the union for san francisco's international air traffic tells me they have only 20 of 30 slots filled. >> the rope is stretched as thin as it's going to go. >> controllers are working overtime and six days. >> we're working later hours into the evening. we're working early in the morning. people cover schedules across the 24-hour clock, and they're doing it on six-day weeks. so it's getting people burnt out. >> same problem at the oakland air route air traffic control center that covers 10% of the earth's surface, including the entire pacific ocean. they have just 165 controllers out of 220, and it takes years to train a controller. >> if it takes four years to train somebody, they should be hiring my replacement today. they're hiring the replacement for the

>> mitigation measure for air quality and it's 1-a. there are a total of six, so 1-a through "f." >> president cohen: thank you. >> we submitted the revised language for those mitigations efforts and this is done in response to comments we received from the bay area air quality management district this morning. and we have copies available for the public. >> president cohen: thank you. the clerks will come and collect that. >> so the appellant does not disagree with the eir's conclusions. the appellant disagrees with the commission's decision to adopt a statement of overriding considerations and approve the project. the commission's decision to certify the project's eir is a separate action from their decision to adopt a statement of overriding considerations and approve the project. under the eir appeal, the question before the board is whether the eir is adequate, accurate, and complete and whether certification of the eir should be upheld. the question of whether the city should adopt a statement of overriding considerations and app

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so we have take for example, four air forces, we have air force, navy air force, army's air force and the navy's armies air force which is the marine corps aviation. why do we have all of this and a lot of times they are buying similar platforms but they are buying them separately, a lot of redundancy but that's by design. so, it's good they are trying, experience says you can't bank on savings. one of the things they said with this budget release over the last year, i think jacobson was on the record, the chief management officer of saying that they were planning on $46 billion inefficiency savings over the next five years. that is baked into the budget. they are already assuming that. if they can generate 46 billion inefficiencies, over the next five years, they either have to come back and ask for $46 billion more in funding or they have to five $46 billion in cuts. so, that was an ambitious target and they said targets for fy 18 and 19 which they don't appear to be close to meeting, but the bigger issue looming for fy 20 and beyond is they assumed a lot of efficiencies in the top

dry air and sunshine at 6:00. 58 by 8:00. south bay, you will be the last to feel the dry air.ds hang around all the way through sunset. warm sunshine for the weekend. we hope a dryer commute means a better commute. >> i have one new issue to talk about. this could certainly cause delays for a while. flipped vehicle westbound 80, willow avenue. rodeo, hercules before the state route 4 merge, the right lane is blocked now. everyone made it out of this flipped vehicle okay. obviously they're sending a large emergency response. delays already starting to form. 25 miles per hour average. 31 once you get closer to the bay bridge toll plaza. once you make it past that, a few more delays getting into san francisco. and it's likely due to the fremont street closure all surrounding the transit center. yeah, a lot to get through if that is your commute route this morning. next traffic update in 10 minutes >> alexis, thank you. amazon's pay increase made a lot of workers happy this week. but we are now learning it will come with a price >> a live look at the big board, new york stock exch

toxic air pollution is much worse in eight areas of england than previously thought, a government revieweveals. hope among the devastation as hundreds remain missing in indonesia, we hear how one boy's story of survival led him to receive a personal message from his football hero. i heard that he was a big city fan, so i heard that he was a big city fan, soi i heard that he was a big city fan, so ijust i heard that he was a big city fan, so i just want to wish i heard that he was a big city fan, so ijust want to wish him a good recovery. also this hour — the spanish opera singer montserrat caballe has died at the age of 85. in a career spanning 50 years, she was best known for her duet with freddie mercury which became the anthem of the barcelona olympics. going, going, actually gone — an original banksy self—destructs, moments after selling for more than £1 million at auction. and in half an hour, click looks at the technological advances in the art of photography. president trump's supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, is almost certain to be appointed later today, after weeks of pro

now that the royal canadian air force has functional leadership on air and space domain. if i look to the -- i have my canadian space operations center, you see the space ops, those are the canadians embedded in u.s. units. my space operations center, is integrated in my command center, in our joint operations command. the h with links to our government ops center, we have joint space teams, to advise our forces and coalition forces to give them those links back into all of those space capabilities that we're integrated in. in the bottom center there, a lot of interaction with industry partners, and other government departments like the canadian space agency, innovation science, economic development and others, there's a lot of ten tackals, i learned in a year and a half, when you get into the space business, the level of interdependency is just off the charts. in the right and purple, those are the other internal organizations. >> specifically, i have canadian army and navy individuals posted on my staff, and they're critical to this joint capability and we need them. ou

. >> we want space and we want sunshine and we want fresh air. we have a view of the bay bridge and we have a view of the mountains. we just need 20 degrees of space above 40-foot buildings. this influences approximately 32 units, in my understanding. let me show to you -- i'm sorry. i don't know. it doesn't work properly. so i wanted to show, you know, different options, this is what they have. this is the discussion of change , of possible changes here i'm sorry, i don't have enough time for everything. it is a lot of discussion of how to change the project to satisfy the views of our people. >> supervisor cohen: thank you >> this is 70,000. >> supervisor cohen: thank you thank you. the next appellant to come to the podium will be representing green access for health and environmental justice. i believe it is mr bradley angell and mr -- mrs. marie harrison. welcome. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is marie harrison. i am a board member of green action for health and environmental justice. before then, i was a staff member for over 20 ye

but our air force now has the lead. and the upper right, there's a combined space operation center with certainly the u.s., uk, new zealand, australia, france, germany, and japan starting to work the way into the organization. if you see under the u.s., we certainly have great ties with unbelievable relationships with stratcom. and it's linked 24/7. the commander of my air force just offered stratcom for a continuity of ops back up. that's the level of integration we want to get through. i think there's about eight or ten comedians work -- canadians in the center. a quarter °f the people in the room might be canadians. we already have collaboration capabilities in the systems. so canada is a partner on both of those. currently we're getting our tact -- tactical in case-by-case. we're trying to negotiate military sales on the navy system. you think about anything else it's nice if we're on the same type of system. if you understand anything about the capability, it's going to drive the type of radios we get and how we co

place blame on the air canada pilots but the air canada countered that only one air traffic controller was on duty. and he was overtasked. a second controller was on break. air canada claimed there was a significant air traffic control threat at sfo. east bay congressman mark desaunier who serves on the house transportation committee is concerned about the shortage of traffic controllers. staffing is at a 30-year low across the country. >> it takes a tragedy too often to say we have to fix it. >> the union president for san francisco international's air traffic controllers tells me they have only 20 of 30 slits filled. >> the hope is stretched as thin as it goes. >> controllers are working over-the-and six days. >> working later hours into the evening, early in the morning. people cover schedules across the 24-hour clock and doing it on six day weeks it's burning people out. >> same problem at the eelkd air route traffic control center covering 10% of the earth's surface including the entire pacific ocean. they have just 165 controllers n control zbreer if it takes four years to train

at the moment we have the milder air with us, behind these looms the cold air and it will eventuallys the night moves on into northern areas. this is the weather front across southern parts of the country. behind it is much colder, especially over high ground. less cold in the south with some rain showers, cloud and some clear spells. we start off with cloud early tomorrow morning across southern regions with the mild air then the sunshine moves in. the cold air moves southwards as well. the showers will turn increasingly wintry. further south, some good sunny spells around. for the weekend, you can see isobars showing close together meaning a strong north easterly wind blowing across the country, pushing showers into northern scotland, down the east and also the west coast as well. plenty of sunshine in southern areas but that strong northerly wind will bring cold air, making it feel cold. temperatures around six, maybe eight or nine in the south or ten in the south—west. add on the strong winds and low single—digit figures across the board. into sunday, the winds moved to the north

air force for anything. but the question becomes how do i keep the advantages of scale that still have the advantages of a nimble start up. how do i get the nimbleness too. i want to be able to absorb a punch because of my scale and i want to be able to dodge a pond because of my nimbleness. the way you stay nimble is by making decisions fast. in a 20 person startup company the decision-making speed is so quick. and that is why they are so nimble. and then in a big company or big organization like the air force, that decision-making has a tendency to fix speed. you get high-quality decisions. sometimes people think the decisions are low-quality. i don't think so. you get high quality decision slowly which is a problem. the way to fix that in a large organization and this is what we do it amazon amazon. we acknowledge that there are two types of decisions. there are decisions that we call two way doors. there are decisions where you make a decision, you walk through the door and it turns out you made the wron

within 10 feet of having america's greatest air disaster. >> federal vrgss are place blame on the air canada pilots but the airline countered only one air traffic controller was on duty, controlling everything on the airport he was overtasked. a second c imed tre was a significant air control threat at sfo. stgressm sportation committee is concerned about the shortage of air traffic controllers. staffing is at a 30-year low across the country. >> it takes a tragedy too often to say we have to fix it. let's not wait for a tragedy. >> the union president for san francisco international's air traffic controllers tells me they have only 20 of 30 slits filled. >> the rope is stretched at thin as it goes. >> controllers work over-the-and six days. >> we are working later hours into the evening. working early in the morning, and people cover schedules across the 24-hour clock. and they're doing it on six-day weeks. it's getting people burnt out. >> same problem at the oakland air route traffic control center covering 10% of the earth's surface, including the entire pacific ocean. they have j

district the wind has been helping clean the air. an air quality advisory for much of the bay area...as smoke from fires in northern california.. and southern oregon pollutes the air.lisa fasano/bay area air district and that smoke is going out over the ocean. it's getting mixed in with the fog. and it's making its way down. and then there's really no telling once it's in the fog, what's the difference between the fog or the smoke, but it comes in through the bay. so we may see times that we might have peaks or people may smell smoke. experts say the particles released by the smoke.. bypass the lungs and enter the blood stream.. making it dangerous for children, the elderly and those with breathing conditions.they say right now the pollution is at a moderate level..as you can see in this chart somewhere in the 50-100 range..in parts of the bay particlarly in the south.. it's on the higher end of that range.lisa fasano/bay area air quality management district anything over 101 is in exceedence of the federal air standard. right now we

in the final assault on aleppo all 11 chlorine strikes came from the air.of 51 attacks from the air ? that?s almost half of them. there?s no evidence that the opposition has the capacity to launch air attacks. so it appears the government must be responsible. translation: there were war jets and helicopters in the sky all the time. but what left the biggest impact was chemical weapons. forensic scientist abu jaffar was in aleppo during the last days of the siege. he worked with the opposition examining the bodies of those who had been killed. translation: i went to the morgue. the bodies smelled strongly of chlorine. inspecting them, i saw clear signs of chlorine suffocation. the gas burns eyes and skin, choking anyone who breathes it in. it's heavier than the air and sinks into underground shelters translation: when we told people to go up because chlorine sinks down, they were confused. if they go up, they get bombed, if they go down, they get killed by chlorine. the people were hysterical. there's nothing that scares people more than chemical weapons. th

fresh air why a walk in the woods is so good for you. city air out urban life can make you ill and now here's your host dr carsten laid out today i'm in the middle of a limb and a big city is something amazing there a lot of things there are exhibitions there theaters they're shopping malls their jobs their schools their doctors so everything's perfect. not really a city can be in knowing all that hacks tick and this being all the hassle and bustle and on the other hand the loneliness the city can make you sick and. there's a global trend towards urbanisation megacities are growing on every continent according to a united nations study two out of three people now live in urban environments. with so many people crowded together stress is inevitable in large cities people compete for territory and for influence it's a constant close contact with countless individuals the tempo of city life please people tense and stressed out and then there's the noise it all has consequences. depression and anxiety. do you believe it bill nurses are far m

you can get updates on air or right to your phone. download the abc 7 news app. >>> fleet week in full swing in san francisco. looking at the parade of shapes that just got underway. you can see the one that just crossed the golden gate bridge is the many other events happening today through the weekend including the blue angels. we are live in san francisco. a great vantage point. >> reporter: yeah. you know you got to get here early to get a good spot. that's what a lot of people are doing here and the air show not far away now. a lot of folks are watching the parade of ships. greeting large navy vessels which are making their way under the golden gate bridge. this is traditional kickoff of fleet week to the big air >> if you blink you miss it. >> the blue angels had been practicing this week with hair racing maneuvers and nail biting precision. the navy doesn't get all of the credit for this team. >> the blue angels are an example. we have marine pilots that are flying with blue angels. >> marines fly the c-130 aircraft. >> fleet w

day for a spare the air day. san jose, the air quality getting pretty bad. even down into santa cruz, unhealthy. the index in the red above 150. tomorrow we'll begin the workweek with a smoke advisory so the central bay and south bay. and unfortunately, the red flag warning extended a little later now into monday morning. a full look at the hour-by-hour forecast coming up in about 12 minutes. >> okay, rob, we'll see you then. thank you. >>> a wind-driven fire has burned more than 4,000 acres near suisun city. sky ranger was over the flames this afternoon. the winds have died down significantly in the past few hours, and that has helped firefighters gain some ground. right now the fire is 70% contained. nbc bay area's marianne favro joins us live from solano county with the plans tonight. marianne? >> reporter: well, you can see behind me there is a chp officer stationed here to make sure no one drives back into the areas where there are active fire lines. firefighters tonight confirm that one home was destroyed.

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air-to-ground and ship-to-shore radio, radar, sonar. we even connect air force one. and i look at these innovations as no small feats and, importantly here is they're not going to be the last ones. because innovation and change are constants. you know, in my conversations with technology leaders all over the world, you know, the topic of innovation is often discussed but through a different lens here. that is the dialogue now around digital transformation. you know, executives they're interested in how they can grow digitally. that doesn't just apply to the commercial sector. ting applies to everyone in here. how do we improve that digital capability of any organization to assist our mission? we've all seen the dangers of being behind any major technology shift. being able to embrace and adopt change and do it quickly is key to winning in this digital world. you know, you already know about decisions superiority. the concept you have to make decisions faster than your adversaries. that holds true in business, as well. now more than ever, because the next generation o

it separates warm air from the south from cool air in the north, and for most of us, it will be warmf the next few days. so with the cloud that has been rolling in, some warm and moist, so we will see some outbreaks of rain. pushing outwards, turning mistaken murky for some coarse sand hills in the west. and even where the sky is clearly turning out across the north—east of scotland, it will not be too cold. that is because the wind will be picking up here, the windy lake feature across the far north of scotland particularly during tomorrow. further south, for northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england, some cloud and rain. misty and murky with some places in the west. but through the midlands and east anglia and the south—east, i hope the cloud will break up with it and the afternoon, and we are bringing in someone afternoon, and we are bringing in someone air, so afternoon, and we are bringing in someone air, so any afternoon, and we are bringing in someone air, so any sunshine will lift temperatures into the low 205. northern england getting a lot of 5un5hine, northern ire

did you ever tried to get an air conditioning repair man to fix your air-conditioning in the summer question mark any chance of an air and space museum being built outside of washington like on the west coast? >> one of the things i have learned since i got this job is how many aviation museums there are around the country. it's been impressive to me because they are all good partners of the air and space museum. we have our artifacts out on loan to smithsonian affiliates around the country which i think is great. we hold this collection for the nation. for people who cannot make a to d.c., our affiliates around the country actually have articles on loan which is critically important and it's also the reason we have realize we need to enhance our digital presence for those kids who never make it to d.c. and don't get that eighth-grade guilt trip. we want to make -- field trip. one of the things we just digitized was the space shuttle discovery, had a partnership with google arts and culture tour of then get a inside of the discovery which was fun. azy be would the udvar-h affected by the con

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tyndall air force base is about to hit the take a direct hit. in addition to that, somewhere in panama city is going to get clipped by the western edge of the eye wall. the blue in the center there is the worst of the wind into range, 150-mile-an-hour sustained wind, plus extreme drg rain. hurricane force winds extending, all of this red is extreme rain, back over toward the back beach road, front beach road, middle beach road, halfway up the 27 miles of panama city beach. most of that 27-mile stretch all the way up to the south county, seaside, cedar grove, and all of that. coming from the short of the land, their beaches will go for miles in some areas because it's so shallow they are back to the right the water will inundate port saint joe, all this area around apalachicola and eventually make its way -- this is your storm, oh hurricane force wind is coming to your town in a matter of hours. hunker down now. rick leventhal is on panama city beach, the eastern end of panama city beach right before you get to town, the western side of the eye m